A time where I went in my CT was teaching one of his senior anatomy classes which is 80% lecture. He uses power points to deliver the lesson to the students and he goes on for 35-40 minutes. This class is for more advanced students so they don't cause much problems. However, there are the few that migrate to the back that would be agitating at times. My CT uses a lot of flair and visuals in his power point. Even I who knew most of what he was saying in the presentation was focused in the entire time to the cool pictures of the animals he was lecturing about, while subconsciously absorbing the facts he stated. When the class began to talk after a few boring slides he would walk down the rows of desks, instantly silencing them with his presence. You could even tell when the important information was being brought to the classes attention because he would increase his volume. When students asked questions he was prepared to answer and often had fun facts about what he was teaching. The best part was his questions how it engaged students each time he went to something new. Examples I recall were "Has any one ever had Lyme disease? Have any of you ever had soft shell crab? How many people here have seen a giant centipede? (followed by a video) I never saw students mess around much and when they did he was willing to listen for a joke or something he would laugh and get right back on topic, it wasted almost no time and kept everyone happy.
Witnessing my CT's style of teaching and engaging students was really something else. I see what he does and often I think of myself being very similar. The way he would listen to students joke even when slightly inappropriate like one student's "human centipede" comment was effective, because instead of the student getting to him by constantly interrupting, he allowed him to have his 1 or 2 moments which in the long run only took away 45 seconds of the class. Not really a big deal, plus the whole class enjoyed the short period of comedy. Most of his other techniques for engaging students were all very standard approaches to engage and manage the class. I.e walking around the room, asking questions to students, putting in visuals during his presentation, etc. I would expect as an early student teacher it may be hard to remember to continously do all these things but it seems to be in his second nature.
Witnessing my CT's style of teaching and engaging students was really something else. I see what he does and often I think of myself being very similar. The way he would listen to students joke even when slightly inappropriate like one student's "human centipede" comment was effective, because instead of the student getting to him by constantly interrupting, he allowed him to have his 1 or 2 moments which in the long run only took away 45 seconds of the class. Not really a big deal, plus the whole class enjoyed the short period of comedy. Most of his other techniques for engaging students were all very standard approaches to engage and manage the class. I.e walking around the room, asking questions to students, putting in visuals during his presentation, etc. I would expect as an early student teacher it may be hard to remember to continously do all these things but it seems to be in his second nature.